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Nordstrom shares took a brief tumble Wednesday after President Donald Trump tweeted that the department store chain that decided to stop selling Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessory line had treated his daughter “so unfairly.”
The company had said last week that it made the decision based on the brand’s performance, and that each year it replenishes about 10 percent of its supply with new products.
Trump called Nordstrom’s decision “terrible” in a tweet sent at 10:51 a.m. The tweet initially sent shares of Nordstrom tumbling, though they recovered to around $42.80 by midday
Nordstrom didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
By Monday, Trump’s products were no longer on Belk’s nor Nieman Marcus’s websites either.
At Charlotte-based Belk, a spokeswoman said that the company continually assesses the performance of its brands and makes adjustments accordingly. Though the company did not say that the move to cut Trump’s brand was politically motivated, several customers voiced frustration with the move.
A social media campaign called “Grab Your Wallet” has urged a boycott of stores, including Nordstrom and Belk, that stock Ivanka Trump or Donald Trump products.
Ivanka Trump has said she would take a leave of absence from her clothing and accessories business as well as the Trump organization. Rosemary K. Young, senior director of marketing at Ivanka Trump, said last week that the brand is expanding and saw "significant" revenue growth last year compared to the previous year.
It’s not the first time Trump’s tweets have at least temporarily affected a stock. U.S. automakers, Boeing and Carrier have also suffered after his comments on Twitter.
The Observer contributed.


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Jeff Bezos and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos, released a statement via the former's Twitter account announcing their divorce. According to a 2013 profile by Vogue, MacKenzie Bezos met the Amazon founder while she was a research associate and he was a part of the management at D. E. Shaw, a New York City hedge fund. He was the first person to interview her. Within six months of dating, they were married in 1993. She was only 23 years old at the time. In July 1994, Amazon was founded in their garage in Seattle, Washington. A quarter of a century later, Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world, while his company is the most valuable public offering -- having breached the $1 trillion cap in September 2018. ALSO READ: Amazon Chief Jeff Bezos would have to spend INR192.2 crores a day to avoid getting richer
So, as the couple decided to call it quits, markets around the world are watching the stock very carefully. Though it remains to be seen what impact the Bezos divorce will have on investors' faith in Amazon's share, the other big question that people are asking is what the settlement for the legal separation will look like. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Jeff Bezos' net worth stands at $137 billion (at the time of publishing). His wealth primarily stems from the 16 per cent stake he owns in Amazon. According to a 1996 profile carried by the Wall Street Journal, Bezos typed out a business plan for the company that is now the largest online retailer in the world. This while driving to Seattle to relocate there with his family -- a drive during which MacKenzie Bezos was at the wheel.
Reports have also suggested that MacKenzie was one of Amazon's earliest employees. According to Business Insider, she acted as an accountant for the company and as per Wired, she negotiated Amazon's first freight contracts. There have been multiple hints at her contributions to the e-commerce giant's phenomenal rise, so it's possible that she could be awarded a sizeable settlement.
Add to that the fact that Washington, where the Bezoses live and work, is a community property state. Which, according to Vox, means that even if the couple can't come to a mutually agreeable settlement, the court can divide marital assets equally. Should MacKenzie Bezos be awarded half of Jeff Bezos' net worth (about $65.8 billion), she could become the richest woman in the world and, according to Forbes, the fifth richest person in the world.
Even if a 50/50 settlement is not reached, the business publication further stated that as much as a single percentage of Jeff Bezos' net worth would rank the divorce as one of the most expensive settlements ever. However, the actual sum also depends on whether the two signed a prenup before they wed or any sort of agreement after.
Whatever the result of the divorce proceedings, it does not seem that there will be any friction. Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos, who share four children (three boys and a girl), remain on friendly terms. According to the Amazon CEO's tweet, the two will be involved in each other's lives, businesses and futures, adding, "Though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends." You can read the entire statement here:

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Fiat Auto has sold its patent on a new system of direct diesel fuel injection to Robert Bosch GmbH, the Stuttgart-based supplier.One condition of Fiat's sale was that the system appear first in a Fia t auto.
It will be commercially available in about 1998, says Mario Petronio, Fiat's technical director in charge of engine projects. Petronio claims that the new system is far quieter than other direct injection systems. It wil l be a great step forward, as big a step as the one from a carburetor to existing direct injection systems. he system uses a unit injection process. Each injector has its own electric pump instead of a central pump feeding all injectors.The system avoids the very high peak pressure normal in direct injection, which causes most of the noise, says Petronio. Emission control is much more effective also, he adds. From a cold start, you still recognize it as a diesel, but once warmed up, at autostrada speeds, the noise drops to normal. It is very impressive. Fiat'sMarea and Marea Weekend, the sedan and station wagon versions of the Fiat Brava/Bravo hatchback family cars, use indirect injection in their diesel versions. We believe in direct injection diesels, says Petronio. We were the first to launch a car with direct injection engine. At the same time we know that direct injection has some problems. Disadvantages include noise, which is still worse than indirect injection. Fiat is the leader in making direct diesel injection engines for cars. It launched a 1.9-liter direct injection car engine for the Croma in spring 1988, five month s ahead of Austin Rover's Montego direct injection. Audi's first direct injection did not appear until summer 1991.Mercedes-Benz entered the segment by launching the current E-class in spring last year. General Motors Europe re cently announced its direct injection diesel.PSA, a longtime maker of indirect injection car diesels, is scheduled to launch its first direct injection car engine next spring.


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Aussie Regulator Says Cryptocurrency Makes 1% of Illicit Acts
Australia’s consumer watchdog recently discovered that less than one of illegal acts in the country came from fraudulent activities related to cryptocurrency in 2017.
Based on its annual report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) attribiuted some 0.617 percent of fraudulent acts mounted to crytocurrency scams. This is equivalent to about 2.1 million Australian dollars ($1.59 million) in losses.
“In 2017, the ACCC, Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN) and other government organisations such as the Australian Taxation Office received over 200 000 scam reports with reported losses exceeding $340 million, an increase of $40 million over 2016 losses,” the their ninth annual report stated.
It added approximately $100,000 was reported lost per month to scams due to illicit activities linked to virtual currencies from January to December this year. However, reported losses to Scamwatch surpassed the $700,000 level last December and the average reported loss surged to $13,205 in December 2017 from $1,885 in January 2017.
The government agency alone received more than 161,500 scam reports that translated to financial losses of $90.9 million in the previous year. This is 8 percent higher than the reported losses in 2016.
The speculative fever revolving around bitcoin, ethereum, and other digital currency caused the prevalence of digital currency swindle. Noting the increased popularity of cyrptocurrency speculation during the last three months of 2017, the ACCC received reports of different deceitful acts pertaining to virtual currencies such as fake initial coin offerings.
Aside from the initial coin offering hoax, other scammers “capitalized on the general confusion about how cryptocurrency works and instead of people discovering how to directly buy cryptocurrencies, many found themselves caught up in what were essentially pyramid schemes.”
“A number of reports showed that victims entered into cryptocurrency-based scams through friends and family who convinced them they were onto a good thing, a classic element of pyramid schemes,” the report added.
The report explained swindlers eyed not only those attempting to invest in stocks or initial coin offerings, but also asked payments using bitcoin or any other digital currency because payments made through virtual currencies, it is easier to remain anonymous.
Fraudsters targeted Australian enterprises by sending out business email compromise scams, which led to losses amounting to more than 22.1 million Australian dollars ($16.8 million) that were transferred to scammers.
Investment scams, which reported the highest number of losses in 2017, exceeded the 64 million Australian dollars ($48.6 million) threshold last year, up by 33 percent from 2016. Dating and romance scams comprised over 42 million Australian dollars ($31.9 million).
“The average amount reported to Scamwatch from those who lost money was $6471. This is a 10 per cent decrease from the average loss in 2016 which was $7226. The lower average loss in the Scamwatch data can be attributed to a greater number of reports with lower loss amounts and these were mostly found in ‘Online shopping’ scams,” it said.
The most commonly used contact methods were phone (40 percent) and emails (31 percent). Although women reported the majority of scams, men lost more money than women.
Fax-based scams remain a trend in the past year but only comprised a small portion of reported scams in the country, which usually look after businesses.
The institution released the report which gives an insight into “emerging trends and techniques employed by scammers” in Australia.
It seeks to “inform the general public on scam losses” and “identify emerging trends and techniques employed by scammers to extract money and personal information from their victims. The increasing losses due to the deception of people and entities exhibit the continuing harm on the Australian people.
Founded in 1995, the ACCC is an independent authority of the Australian government responsible for the enforcement of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and laws which promote competition and fair trading for the welfare of Australian citizens.


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Yaounde is set to host the Nigeria-Cameroon Economic, Financial and Cultural Show (NICAMEX) from 12 to 19 July 2016..The exposition is geared toward promoting Made in Cameroonâ€ products and accentuating the country’s claim as a fine destination for investors emanating from its great neighbour.
Organized by the African Business club, NICAMEX 2016 will be held under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Mr. Philemon Yang.
NICAMEX is the largest economic and business platform of between Nigeria & Cameroon. The exhibition which takes place in the nations captical expects high visitor attendance and excellent press coverage in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Exhibitors & visitors will have the opportunity to meet key decision makers, contractors, suppliers and service providers from both countries. This is a chance for businesses and entrepreneurs to showcase their latest projects, products and services to potential clients. NICAMEX is the place for buyers and suppliers to broker deals and develop relationships with new clients across border.
I am loving this increasingly strong relationship between Cameroon & Nigeria. Check out a few of the pictures from the recent visit of President Paul Biya’s visit to Nigeria..
*Photo credit: Bayo Omoboriowo*
If you are in Yaounde in Mid-July..be sure to check NICAMEX 2016!!


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This year the Airdrie 1st club received help from a lot of different companies and individuals, including three little Airdronians, to hand out 371 hampers, which helped out 1130 people.
Madison and Ashleigh (sisters) de Jong and Kolton Bucholtz helped out the Airdrie 1st Club by donating their own money to families in need. For the kids, there were multiple reasons why they wanted to help out!
"Because you never really know who you're helping out. You could be helping out your neighbour, your friend, you just don't know," mentioned Ashleigh. "Because other kids need more food and toys than us," Kolton explained. We heard about it [the Christmas hamper program], and we thought it was a great idea so we wanted to help out," explained Madison.
All the kids mentioned that helping make Christmas special for Airdronians in need made them feel good and that they were doing something important.
Kolton donated some of his birthday money to help out while the sisters created some crafts to sell so they can donate the money. The girls sold chocolate bars that they wrapped up to look like a snowman and sold them for $3 each, they sold around 85 chocolate bars.
The mothers of the kids were very proud and happy their kids were willing to help support a local cause during the holidays.
"It's awesome that we have young people who want to give back to the community. It's a great learning experience for them to find the joy in giving back to the community," explained Rhonda Auclair, Vice President of the Airdrie 1st Club.
This year the Airdrie 1st Club received lots of help from schools within Airdrie, Auclair mentioned it's safe to say all the help they received was able to bring tears to members' eyes.
Up next for the Airdrie 1st Club is a fundraiser for Valentine's, more details will be released when made available.
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Latest stats shows Google Play Store leading in downloads, but Apple App Store on top for revenue47
For the second quarter, the App Store recorded 70% more revenue than the Google Play Store. App Annie cites the abundance of cheaper Android phones and the success of the platform in emerging markets as one of the reasons for the difference between Android downloads, and the revenue generated by them. If Android users want to know why developers still write for iOS before Android, this is one of the reasons right here.
It isn't surprising that China and the U.S. are the top two countries for App Store downloads. Japan, the U.K. and Russia round out the top five. Looking at the same data for downloads from the Google Play Store, the U.S. is on top followed by Brazil, India, Russia and Mexico. The U.S. is the top revenue producing country for the App Store, which is hardly a surprise. Japan is second with China third. U.K. and Australia are fourth and fifth, respectively. The top revenue producing country for the Google Play Store is Japan with the U.S. in second. South Korea ,Taiwan and Germany complete the top five list.
Lastly, the Games category was not only downloaded the most by App Store and Google Play visitors during the second quarter of this year, it also brought in the most money for both stores.
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THE world is faced with a global food crisis and there are a lot of reasons why many poor people do not get enough food.
But one major new element is the increased use of land to grow biofuels.
Using fertile soil to grow crops to create fuel instead of to feed people is a luxury the world cannot afford. Yet a far greater luxury we cannot afford is meat.
Seven times as much grain is currently fed to animals to produce meat than is used to create biofuel. Meat creates even more mouths to feed – those of farmed animals.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The Birmingham Design Review Committee this morning rejected plans to replace the lighted, scrolling message board sign atop the Two North Twentieth Building with what the committee members called a “glorified billboard” advertising Pepsi Cola.
Building owner, Harbert Realty, wants to shut down the iconic 26-foot tall, 176-foot wide lighted sign that has scrolled messages across the Birmingham skyline off and on since the 17-story building was built in the 1960s. Soft-drink giant, Pepsi, wants to pay to wrap the sign with a design that features its logo until Harbert is ready to spend up to $4 million to build a new digital replacement.
But at a meeting that, at times, grew contentious, the Design Review Committee said the sign looks too much like a billboard and has no place in the Birmingham skyline.
“What we have been reluctant to do is bungle it with a bold-face billboard,” Sam Frazier, chairman of the committee, told Harbert’s Tab Bisignani.
Harbert worked with Birmingham’s O2 Ideas, Buffalo Rock and Pepsi to get special approvals to create a new design that was unique to Birmingham – addressing a major complaint the committee had with a previous design.
Cheryl Morgan, a member of the committee, said the proposed sign still looked too much like a billboard and not like a piece of public art, which would be more acceptable.
As committee members continued to point out problems with the sign, Bisignani questioned whether the committee truly had any authority to dictate whether Harbert could replace the message board with a sign or not.
“We’ve tried to play nice,” he told the committee.
It was one of several contentious moments.
Harbert had brought a team that was obviously planning to go into an elaborate presentation when Frazier cut them short and told them to just get to the proposed design.
In the end, the committee denied the proposal with all but Richard Mauk voting against it. Mauk abstained.
Bisignani said the message board's technology is outdated and makes it too costly to operate and maintain. The sign, he said, would be a temporary measure until Harbert is prepared to spend up to $4 million on a modern, digital replacement.


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As company celebrates 100 years, it is applying new packaging technologies to ensure the safety of pharmaceuticals.
David Savastano, Editor05.13.20
Maintaining the integrity of pharmaceuticals – ensuring the medicines are not counterfeit, have not been in unsafe conditions such as excessive cold or heat, or even being used properly by the patients – is critical at any time.
For example, right now, healthcare testing in the time of COVID-19 is of critical importance.
Jones Healthcare Group is making sure that pharmaceutical packaging is protecting the entire supply chain through to the end-users. For more than a century, Jones has seen the evolution of pharma packaging today, with printed electronics now being used by some brand owners. In the case of COVID-19, Jones is working closely with numerous test kit producers to bring much-needed test kits to market.
As the company celebrates its 100th year, its focus remains on providing healthcare packaging solutions. To that end, the company changed its name from Jones Packaging Inc. to Jones Healthcare Group earlier this year and is
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NEW YORK (AP) — The theft of nude photographs from celebrities' online accounts has thrown a spotlight on the security of cloud computing, a system used by a growing number of Americans to store personal information over the Internet.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As federal investigators worked Tuesday to determine who stole and posted nude photos of several female celebrities online, the images continued to be removed from various sites.
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot may be the latest retailer to suffer a major credit card data breach.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don't want to share their viewing habits with large audiences.
BEIJING (AP) — Foreigners who want to buy Alibaba Group shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant's U.S. public offering will need to get comfortable with an unusual business structure.
BERLIN (AP) — A court has barred ridesharing service Uber from operating in Germany, the latest shot in the popular app's fight with taxi drivers worldwide.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is hoping a new brand will help sell more of its services to other companies.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Peruvian hackers have broken into military, police, and other sensitive government networks in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, defacing websites and extracting sensitive data to strut their programming prowess and make political points.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Northeast Ohio is hardly ready to usurp Silicon Valley as a high-tech mecca, but a growing number of data centers are choosing to locate in and around Cleveland to take advantage of cheap power, an abundance of fiber-optic cable and one of the safest environments in the country for storing digital information.
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer defending the government's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telephone records found himself facing tough questions Tuesday from appeals judges wanting to know whether the program will inevitably lead to, as one judge put it, the government's study of "every American's everything."


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Dubai-based Cupola Group – that held the master franchise of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Pakistan for over a decade – has sold its flagship KFC business to Delicious Holdings of United Arab Emirates, media reports said on Thursday.
While the parties involved are tight-lipped over details about the agreement, two independent sources have put the transaction value at a minimum of $20 million.
Cupola confirmed the development with sources adding that its senior management has been changed already. Nigel Belton has replaced Rafiq Rangoonwala as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KFC business, announced Gray Mackenzie Restaurant Internationals, an investor in Cupola Group.
Based in UAE, Belton is the Chief Development Officer at Yum! Restaurants International, the largest division of Yam! Brands Inc. He has 17 years of experience in food and retail businesses in different parts of the world and possesses a good understanding of Pakistani market.
Irfan Mustafa, a partner at Delicious Holdings, and Cupola Group are said to be finalising the formalities as the agreement has already been signed.
The American fast food restaurant chain had entered Pakistani market in 1997 after Abraaj Group opened the country’s first KFC franchise in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. In 2001, Cupola bought the master franchise rights to operate KFC restaurants in Pakistan.
The business grew significantly over time to a network of 60 KFC restaurants, covering 20 cities across Pakistan and contributing more than Rs10 million a month in direct taxes to the exchequer – each new outlet developed by the company costs around Rs40 million, according to its website.


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Google has just released the fifth and final beta of Android 12, which is also considered a release candidate. Work on the next update is already in progress, although Android 13 is not to be expected. Instead, there will probably be a “point update” called Android 12.1
As reported by XDA Developers, resourceful developers came across indications that Google is planning the first point update for Android in years for the rest of the year. Android 12 will appear shortly, which is about to be completed, but corresponding entries in the AOSP-Gerrit already announce that a smaller but important update is planned with Android 12.1 before the upgrade to Android 13 is due next year.
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Specifically, it speaks of Android 12.1 “SC-v2”, which probably stands for “Snow Cone Version 2”. “Snow Cone” is the code name used internally at least for Android 12 “S”, although for some time Google has refrained from publicly naming the releases with the previously common names of sweets.
The intermediate step in the form of Android 12.1 is still not certain, because Google could simply do without it with the API level 32 planned by XDA as a sign of the major update. Instead, the API level 31 used for Android 12 could simply be raised to 32 through the update. Normally, when you switch to a new API level, there is also a change in the version number, so that the name Android 12.1 is quite likely.
The upgrade to API level 33 will only take place with Android 13 “T”, also known as “Tiramisu”. The intermediate step in the form of Android 12.1 could have a good reason: Google is planning to launch its new Pixel 6 series smartphones in the fall, but these are not expected until the final version of Android 12 is available.
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Kremlin offers Silicon Valley a Russian Internet with Chinese characteristics
A new Russian law requires companies to store Russians' data within Russia's borders, out of reach of the NSA, and in reach of Russia's own secret police. It's China all over again, writes Cory Doctorow.
It's the latest development in the tick-tock of two stories: the reactions of the world's governments to the Snowden revelations that the NSA has their entire populations (and leaders) under deep surveillance; and Russia's steady march to a totalitarian Internet that's like Iran's halal Internet, with Putin-authoritarian characteristics.
The Russian law uses copyright enforcement as part of its cover -- something we've seen before, as when Russian cops started seizing the computers of independent newspapers under the rubric of hunting for pirated software, incidentally availing themselves of details of the journalists' confidential sources and notes -- and arrogates to the state the right to issue censorship and disconnection orders for alleged infringement.
The new regime puts Russia in a similar position to China: a huge market for Internet users, with a massive censorship system that can block noncompliant foreign Internet services. In China, this has resulted in companies like Yahoo and Google locating their servers within the grasp of Chinese spies (who used them to hack both the American Internet companies and spy on internal dissidents, prompting Google to eventually leave China), as the only way to get access to the market and compete with homegrown, regime-friendly services.
In the coming months, the major Internet companies will have to decide whether to abandon the Russian market to local competitors, or to locate data-centers on Russian soil and become a de facto instrument of Russia's internal system for spying on and neutralizing the political opposition to the country's authoritarian regime.
Complicating this is the Chinese experience: companies that sold out to China found that the Politburo rewarded their "flexibility" by milking them of their trade secrets and expertise, then went ahead and tipped the scales in favor of Chinese companies whose owners were crony-chummy with China's political elite.
Any selling out for access to the Russian Internet market will likely head down the same road -- a few years' worth of complicity in attacks on gay rights activists, a few years' worth of helping to imprison people who use curse words (but only if they're the sort of people the Kremlin needs an excuse to jail) -- only to find your company eventually given the boot under one of the same Kafkaesque excuses, its servers seized, and a locally run business like Yandex or Vkontakte getting your market-share.
Speaking of Vkontakte -- the "Russian Facebook" -- remember that the site's founder Pavel Durov was apparently forced to sell his stake in the company earlier this year, after taking part in anti-Putin rallies. The new owner is a Kremlin-affiliated oligarch whose fortune was kickstarted by fire-sale-priced access to media assets seized from another oligarch who'd fallen out of Kremlin-favor.
In its way, this is a perfect microcosm for the ideological bankruptcy of contemporary business ethics: companies chasing short-term profits through access to "emerging" markets get into favor by participating in surveillance and censorship, by helping the state spy on, imprison and torture their users, by helping to control pro-democracy movements by shaping the public perception of media events -- then, after a few years, they're tossed out anyway.
I wish I was more hopeful about this, but I fear that all the lessons from Silicon Valley's Chinese experience will be deliberately forgotten in the pursuit of Russian users.
(Images: Kremlin, Harry Popoff, CC-BY; Vladimir Putin Red Square - That's My Boy!! Хорошо, молодец!!!, IoSonoUnaFotoCamera, CC-BY-SA)
As Oracle desperately tries to reanimate its wretched, failed attempt to destroy everything Sun Microsystems stood for and end computer science as we know it, there’s never been a better time to rock one of these “You Wouldn’t Reimplement an API” tees, which were an underground hit during the earlier trial.
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Pendleton Woolen Mills and Levi Strauss and Co. launched a collaborative collection of men's and women's trucker jackets last week, intended for buyers of American-made products. The limited-edition collection is the third collection in the Levi's workwear series and the first collaboration between the two brands. Levi's and Pendleton brand retail stores now display the jackets.
Jacq Lacy is an associate writer for Oregon Business.
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BY KIM MOORE | RESEARCH EDITOR
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is seeking input from businesses on a $5.5 million initiative to create a network of biking, transit and pedestrian trails within Portland’s central city.
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Oregon Business celebrated the 100 Best Green Workplaces with an awards luncheon yesterday at the Nines Hotel in downtown Portland.
Friday, May 22, 2015
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Inside the topsy-turvy world of corporate sustainability rankings.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
An international architecture firm known for its design of the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York unveiled its plan this week for a modern indoor/outdoor food market at the foot of the Morrison Bridge in downtown Portland.
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As momentum grows at the state level to introduce far-reaching environmental regulations, such as carbon pricing and the Clean Fuels Program, Oregon employers continue to go the extra mile to create green workplaces for their employees.
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WWE’s New Day Debuts Funko Vinyl and BootyO’s Cereal
The New Day is the gift that keeps on giving for WWE. Once vilified as clapping preachers, these guys turned that dead gimmick around into something that kids and adults alike love.
Ever since adopting the ‘brony’ gimmick these guys have been moving merchandise like no other. I was at the WWE RAW taping in Greensboro this year. Out of the people wearing wrestling gear, 60-70% of them had on New Day stuff. It is amazing to see how people take to Big E, Xavier Woods, and Kofi Kingston.
Kofi has announced that things are even better now with the New Day getting their own exclusive Funko Vinyl’s:
— Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) July 21, 2016
New Day has also finally achieved a milestone.
BootyO’s is now a real cereal.
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These reserves had increased by 1.057 billion during the preceding week ended December 16 as compared to the week ago period. On the other hand the Congressled coalition increased its tally by four after the byelections which anointed it back to power. The Chamber said the introduction of VAT had increased revenue collection considerably widened tax base and minimised the scope of corruption. The flow of pilgrims that was affected last year to the Velankanni church due to the tsunami disaster had increased manyfold this year. With the presence of major automobile companies such as Ashok Leyland TVS Hindustan Motors Tetra and a thousand ancillary automobile units the production of automobile components has increased manifold in Hosur in the last few years. The project was implemented in 100 hectares during 200405 and had been increased to 200 hectares in the current year. 200 crore that accrued to it through increased hydel generation to the consumers this year the Minister said. Agricultural production Already the area covered under cultivation has increased by another 12250 hectares. As higher GDP growth rates led to enhanced per capita incomes in these economies global corporations increased their investment levels. Greater exposure to emerging markets and the increased confidence of MNCs in the ability of their local subsidiaries to carry out complex tasks led to the establishment of locallybased RD centres. The private sector as a whole including all types of ownerships excluding foreign increased their corporate tax liability by 138 per cent at Rs.16809 crores against Rs.7068 crores during the last four years.


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July comic book sales estimates have been released where we see the new Sam Alexander Nova series continues to plummet.
Sales for the book are now under 35K from a series high of over 80K, and once again, the series is selling less than the 2007 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Richard Rider Nova run.
ComiChron lists sales for NINO #6 coming in at 34,234, with Nova #6 back in 2007 listed at 36,967.
Tom Brevoort recently stated that sales were a factor in the cancelation of the 2007 Nova, which directly contradicts statements made by Joe Quesada.
Regardless if Brevoort is right or wrong, certainly Marvel EIC Axel Alonso and Editor Stephen Wacker must be sweating the numbers on the new NINO as Marvel invested heavily into the series and character.
Fans can’t help but wonder if only a small percentage of that investment would have been applied to Richard Rider and DnA, how big the series and character really could have been.
July marks the fourth consecutive month that DnA outsold NINO.
NINO Nova has suffered a series of set backs due to low sales with Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness announced off the book as of the second issue’s publication. In addition, it was recently announced the series would get its third writer within ten issues, as current scribe Zeb Wells is off the book as of #10 with a newcomer and an unknown coming on board.
It’s no wonder the series isn’t selling well as NINO is basically the antithesis of Richard Rider. Rider really came to his own for a lot of longtime and new fans during Giffen’s Annihilation continuing throughout DnA’s Nova to The Thanos Imperative. Rider also appeared as a member of Captain America’s Secret Avengers, bringing a lot of attention to the character as well. NINO is a character described as an idiot by Jeph Loeb who needs to ask his mom to join the Avengers, while getting a gun put to his head to be a Nova.
Speaking of The Thanos Imperative, the reprint topped the charts surprising Marvel, which gives us a good indication of where they are coming from as they seem out of touch with the fan base.
Marvel also rebooted Guardians of the Galaxy, another Abnett and Lanning title, which has been holding its own near the top of the charts with Bendis. However, the series has arguably received more promotion than NINO as the first issue had literally two dozen variant covers. In addition, Marvel announced that superstar writer Neil Gaiman would be co-writing the series, with retailers ordering a plethora of the issue, only to have it come out that Gaiman would be considered a “consultant.” Since then it’s been stated Angela will be moving on from the book as well.
One bonus for Abnett and Lanning fans is that the Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy film seems to be borrowing heavily from Abnett and Lanning’s run, with director James Gunn recently describing the Marvel Cosmic duo, known as DnA, as the fathers of the modern Guardians of the Galaxy.


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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A farmers market favorite now has a permanent home.
Dads Cookies had its grand opening Saturday to celebrate the company's first official storefront.
Those giant, warm, gooey, cookies are now available in northeast Fresno.
Inside the Johnny Quick conveinance store at Willow and Alluvial, there's now a cookie counter.
The business launched at the start of the pandemic and has been featured at farmer's markets weekly across town.
Now, there will be one location you can always depend on and people showed up to check it out.
"We kind of thought a lot of the community would come out and want to buy some cookies for us, but we didn't know there was going to be this long of a line, so it's been pretty neat to see it," says owner Luis Sanchez.
Dads Cookies will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm.
You can order online and delivery is also available.
They will still be at farmer's markets and expect to debut their new food trailer very soon, which will come with brand new items like ice cream sandwiches.


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Intel has formally declared its first eleventh Gen Tiger Lake processors for PCs, which will include the organization’s new incorporated Xe illustrations, Thunderbolt 4 help, Wi-Fi 6, and a major jump in execution and battery life over the past Ice Lake chips. The organization asserts that the new eleventh Gen setup offers the “best processor for thin-&-light” laptops.
Intel is propelling nine new eleventh Gen plans for the two its U-arrangement (which Intel is presently alluding to as UP3) and Y-arrangement class chips (otherwise known as UP4), drove by the Core i7-1185G7, which offer base velocities of 3.0GHz, a most extreme single center turbo increase in up to 4.8GHz, and a greatest all-center increase in up to 4.3GHz. It additionally includes the most impressive form of Intel’s Iris Xe incorporated designs, with 96 CUs and a greatest illustrations speed of 1.35GHz.
Intel 11th Gen Tiger Lake Chips
|Model||Cores/ Threads||Graphics||Graphics (EUs)||Watts||Base Frequency (GHz)||Single Core Turbo (GHz)||All Core Turbo (GHz)||Cache|
|Core i7-1185G7||4C/8T||Intel Iris Xe||96||12-28W||3.0||4.8||4.3||12MB|
|Core i7-1165G7||4C/8T||Intel Iris Xe||96||12-28W||2.8||4.7||4.1||12MB|
|Core i5-1135G7||4C/8T||Intel Iris Xe||80||12-28W||2.4||4.2||3.8||8MB|
|Core i3-1125G4||4C/8T||Intel UHD Graphics||48||12-28W||2.0||3.7||3.3||8MB|
|Core i3-1115G4||2C/4T||Intel UHD Graphics||48||12-28W||3.0||4.1||4.1||8MB|
|Core i7-1160G7||4C/8T||Intel Iris Xe||96||7-15W||1.2||4.4||3.6||12MB|
|Core i5-1130G7||4C/8T||Intel Iris Xe||80||7-15W||1.1||4.0||3.4||8MB|
|Core i3-1120G4||4C/8T||Intel UHD Graphics||48||7-15W||1.1||3.5||3.0||8MB|
|Core i3-1110G4||2C/4T||Intel UHD Graphics||48||7-15W||1.8||3.9||3,9||6MB|
The organization had just saw the new chips at its Architecture Day 2020 occasion prior this year. The new eleventh Gen arrangement is as yet based on the 10nm hub, like the current tenth Gen Ice Lake models, yet it moves up to the Willow Core engineering with another “10nm SuperFin design” that Intel says will offer better speeds at lower power utilization.
Intel isn’t in effect excessively explicit on what those increments will be, yet it guarantees that the new chips will offer a 20 percent quicker speeds for everyday “office productivity” assignments, alongside a comparable 20 percent expansion in “system-level power,” which is says brings about in excess of an additional hour of battery life for things like video web based.
Intel is wagering enthusiastic about its new incorporated Xe illustrations, which it guarantees will present to double the designs execution, and which Intel says will offer more significant advantages than simply crude center check expands (a region that, adventitiously, AMD as of now drives Intel in.) A demo appeared during Intel’s declaration demonstrated an eleventh Gen chip offering comparative or preferred designs execution over a tenth Gen chip working all the while with a Nvidia MX350 GPU. (As an aside, you’ll need Intel’s new i5 or i7 chips to get Xe illustrations — the Core i3 models for both the U-and Y-arrangement setups will just offer Intel UHD Graphics.)
Additionally new is uphold for 8K HDR shows, alongside the choice to utilize around four 4K HDR shows on the double. There’s additionally enhancements to the inherent AI motor, which Intel says will offer explicit upgrades for video calls (like foundation obscuring) — undertakings which ARM-based PCs like the Surface Pro X have recently exceeded expectations at.
Close by the new chips, Intel is appearing another emphasis of its Project Athena confirmation standard, called “Intel Evo.” Evo will have considerably higher necessities, including an assurance that your PC will offer more than nine hours of “real world” use on a solitary charge (for 1080p frameworks), quick charging (for four hours of charge shortly), Wi-Fi 6 and Thunderbolt 4, and framework wake in “less than a second.” The thought is that clients ought to have the option to expect a top notch machine at whatever point they see the Evo logo, ensured. Intel says that more than 20 Evo-checked structures should be accessible in the not so distant future.
Hope to see the new chips on a wide assortment of frameworks in the coming days and weeks, with Intel promising more than 150 structures with eleventh Gen Intel Core processors from organizations like Acer, Asus, Dell, Dynabook, HP, Lenovo, LG, MSI, Razer, and Samsung. The first of these items, similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Book Flex 5G, Acer’s invigorated Swift 5 and Swift 3, and Asus’ freshest ZenBooks, have just been declared, with delivery dates as right on time as this fall.
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Any Internet user with an inbox full of spam knows that prescription drugs are readily available online, and Jupiter Research (a unit of this site’s corporate parent) estimates that pharmaceuticals will experience the fastest growth in online sales compared with other health categories, increasing from $3.2 billion in 2003 to $13.8 billion in 2007.
Still, online prescription drug sales will only account for 4 percent of the total market in 2007. This small share is likely attributed to the fact that those who would benefit most from lower-cost pharmaceuticals are also the groups least likely to have Internet access – seniors, low earners, and the uninsured.
The bigger impact will be seen in Web-influenced sales, where, driven primarily by online ordering and in-store pickup of prescriptions, the market will grow from $25.7 billion in sales in 2003 to $53.2 billion in 2007.
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The numbers have already gone up over the last year. A September 2003 Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive poll of more than 2,000 Americans revealed that 7 percent of respondents bought prescription drugs from another country – either by Internet, mail, or in person – compared to 5 percent in November 2002. Furthermore, 48 percent indicated that they would buy drugs from another country – up from 40 percent in late 2002.
While health, beauty and wellness retailers, such as Drugstore.com, Walgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS, are among the biggest traffic-getters in October 2003, according to Hitwise, a number of other sites primarily devoted to filling prescriptions – with some in other countries not actually requiring a prescription – rounded out the top 20 in the category that encompasses pharmacies, chemists and druggists.
|Top Pharmacy Sites Ranked by Visits,
U.S. October 2003
|Express Scripts Members||3.12%|
|The Kroger Company||2.47%|
Hitwise’s profile of the average online pharmacy visitor is a female (58 percent), over the age of 55 (33 percent), who accesses the Internet from home (74 percent) where the annual household income is above $75,000 (37 percent). Further analysis from Hitwise indicates that California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania boast the highest number of pharmacy site visitors.
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Santa Claus is preparing to deliver holiday cheer at Macy’s in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco, as well as in-homes nationwide via Macy’s Santaland® at Home, an all-new digital experience
Beloved holiday traditions return to select cities nationwide including Macy’s Great Tree displays, animated Holiday Windows and more!
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Macy’s famed holiday celebrations return to spread cheer across the nation! Santa Claus is preparing to delight children of all ages at Macy’s stores in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco this holiday season, continuing the more than 160-year tradition. For children nationwide, an all-new immersive digital experience returns with Macy’s Santaland® at Home, available on macys.com/HolidayCelebrations. In addition to Santa’s awaited return, Macy’s continues to bring the magic of the holidays to communities across the nation via celebrated traditions including Macy’s Great Tree, animated Holiday Windows, Christmas Light Show and magical spectacles that warm hearts and bring smiles to millions.
“With dazzling displays and treasured traditions, Macy’s continues to delight generations as the destination for holiday magic. We welcome the holiday season with the return of visits with the one-and-only Santa Claus, Macy’s Great Trees, animated windows and more,” said Will Coss, Macy’s vice president of Branded Entertainment. “We are delighted that these cherished experiences continue to create fun, whimsical and unforgettable memories for the whole family.”
Macy’s Santaland® – Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco
Santa Claus will return to the following Macy’s stores:
- Macy’s State Street in Chicago on Saturday, November 5
- Macy’s Center City in Philadelphia on Friday, November 25 (part of the Macy’s Dickens Village experience)
- Macy’s Herald Square in New York on Friday, November 25
- Macy’s Union Square in San Francisco on Friday, November 25
To provide all guests with a safe and enjoyable environment, in-store visits with Santa will return with kids seeing the jolly one as he sits behind his desk checking his famed list. Visits will be conducted by advance reservation only from the dates listed above through Saturday, December 24. Reservations will open five days in advance of the desired visit date to allow for the most access possible to guests wishing to attend in-person. Each day reservations will open at 6:30 a.m. local time and will display the open reservation slots for five days later (for example, reservations for December 16 will open on December 11 at 6:30 a.m. local time). Reservations and additional details about the experience are available at macys.com/HolidayCelebrations.
Macy’s Great Tree, Christmas Light Show and Dickens Village
The holidays at Macy’s will kick off with the lighting of the 115th annual Great Tree inside the world-famous Walnut Room at Macy’s State Street in Chicago (Saturday, November 5 – Sunday, January 8). Enchanting Macy’s Great Trees will also delight spectators with a dazzling showcase of light and Christmas cheer at Macy’s Downtown Crossing in Boston (Sunday, November 13 – Sunday, January 1), Macy’s Lenox Square in Atlanta (Thursday, November 17 – Sunday, January 1) and Macy’s Union Square in San Francisco (Thursday, November 10 – Sunday, January 1).
In Philadelphia, Macy’s Center City will continue beloved holiday traditions—including Santa’s return, the iconic Dickens Village experience and annual Christmas Light Show. Macy’s Dickens Village will take guests through select animated displays telling the story of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. Macy’s Dickens Village will be available from Friday, November 25 through Saturday, December 31 with advance reservations required on macys.com/HolidayCelebrations. Guests wishing to see the spectacular Macy’s Christmas Light Show can enjoy classic holiday tales as they come to life in lights with sounds from the world-famous Wanamaker Organ in the Grand Court (check website for times) or enjoy it on demand at macys.com/HolidayCelebrations.
Macy’s Holiday Windows
As the first department store to feature animated window displays, the iconic Macy’s Holiday Windows will once again enthrall and entertain. Since 1874, Macy’s has created whimsical worlds in the windows that bring the spirit of the season to life in animated fashion. A new theme will adorn the windows at Macy’s State Street (Saturday, November 5 – Sunday, January 1), Macy’s Herald Square (Thursday, November 17 – Sunday, January 1) and Macy’s City Creek Center (Friday, November 18 – Sunday, January 1), featuring scenes of how we celebrate the holidays together with loved ones. Meanwhile, select stores nationwide will bring the magic of toys to life with animated windows featuring must-have gifts from Toys“R”Us® at Macy’s.
Macy’s Santaland at Home – Delivering Holiday Cheer Nationwide
Santaland’s digital-only experience returns, with an all-new immersive adventure for kids everywhere as they virtually visit Santa’s Workshop via Macy’s Santaland at Home. Available at macys.com/HolidayCelebrations, kids will enter a magical snow globe portal that whisks them to Santa’s Village and Workshop for a very special holiday treat. Guided by Santa’s elves, kids can choose their own interactive journey as they explore the magical land. From augmented reality activities like decorating their own personal trees and sharing them with loved ones (via Macy’s Santaland at Home, Facebook and Instagram) to fun interactive games across Santa’s workshop, kids will have a blast during their virtual escapades. A visit to Santaland would not be complete without an audience with the jolly one himself, and kids will meet Santa through an interactive video and have the chance to take and share a special Santa selfie. Free to all, Macy’s Santaland at Home will be available beginning Friday, November 25 through Saturday, December 24. To access the site, a supervising adult must create an account, provide the appropriate permissions to activate the program including approving access to the hardware for the interactive elements and selecting their preferred Santa experience.
Starting Monday, December 5, the virtual Macy’s Santa fun will extend to the metaverse this year via an immersive virtual reality quest on Meta’s Horizon Worlds that allows holiday explorers to roam Santa’s home, feed the reindeer, take part in playful snowball showdowns and more.
Macy’s Holiday Happiness is brought to fans in part by Balsam Hill®, Entenmann’s® and Hallmark Channel. All entries to Macy’s holiday experiences are free. For more information and to make reservations, please visit macys.com/holidaycelebrations.
Macy’s, the largest retail brand of Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M), serves as the style source for generations of customers. With one of the nation’s largest e-commerce platforms powered by macys.com and mobile app, paired with a nationwide network of stores, Macy’s delivers the most convenient and seamless shopping experience, offering great values in apparel, home, beauty, accessories and more. Macy’s gives customers even more ways to shop and own their style through an off-price assortment at Macy’s Backstage and at our highly curated and smaller store format, Market by Macy’s. Each year, Macy’s provides millions with unforgettable experiences through Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks® and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade® and helps our customers celebrate special moments, big and small. We’re guided by our purpose—to create a brighter future with bold representation—that empowers more voice, choice and ownership for our colleagues, customers and communities.
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Melbourne's retail vacancy rate doubles
Melbourne's Lord Mayor Robert Doyle says retail vacancy rates in the city's Central Business District (CBD) have doubled in the last two years.
The Melbourne City Council is preparing a new retail strategy.
Councillor Doyle says up to a million people travel through the city daily on foot and the Bourke Street mall and laneway businesses are thriving.
But he says it is impossible to ignore the growing number of empty shops.
"The laneways of Melbourne, there is no vacancy there," he said.
"But in the last two years, the vacancy rate in the city has gone to about seven per cent, and that's from about three and a half per cent two years ago.
"So (the vacancy rate) is not in our primary locations and not in the laneways, but in those secondary locations we're starting to see some vacancy."


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US: Costa Farms acquires foliage company Delray Plants
Jose Smith, CEO of Costa Farms, says the acquisition is a unique opportunity. “Costa Farms has long admired Delray Plants and its contributions to our industry.”
Smith says Delray has a diversified product line which adds significant synergies to our growing organization. “We are committed to the growth of our team and industry,” added Smith. Just three years ago, Costa Farms acquired the Hermann Engelmann Greenhouses and has taken the sales of Exotic Angel plants to new heights.
Randy Gilde, CEO of Delray Plants, agrees with Costa Farms. “The hard working team at Costa Farms is committed to the same values and principles that guided the Koornneef and Gilde families for almost 50 years. Their goal is our goal - to bring the best foliage and newest varieties to market, educate the consumer, and grow a sustainable product.”
“We can’t imagine a better company to help move our legacy forward,” says Gilde. Costa Farms is expanding its reach in the indoor houseplant category at a time when consumers are getting closer to nature and potted plants and green walls are becoming a greater part of home décor. “We are working tirelessly to recruit the next generation of consumers through education and innovations that will help consumers succeed with our products,” added Smith.
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Consumer electronics company RadioShack Corp. said Friday that customers will be able to preorder the 4G smartphone HTC EVO starting on Saturday.
The phone, which uses Sprint service, will be available in stores on June 4. Customers that want to preorder can buy a $50 RadioShack gift card and apply it toward the purchase when they pick up the device.
The phone's features include an 8.0-megapixel camera on the back and a 4.3-inch touch screen. It uses the Android 2.1 operating system.
Last month RadioShack reported that its first-quarter profit climbed more than 16 percent on better sales.
Shares of RadioShack fell 45 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $20.20 in morning trading.


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The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has demanded the government increase medicine prices by 25%, ARY News reported.
According to details, the PPMA has given the government an ultimatum till June 30 to notify the increase in medicine prices otherwise there will be a shortage of medicine in the country.
President PPMA said that the sky-high rate of inflation has thrown the Pharma industry into the deep end. The medicine production cost has increased multiple times, he added.
The association demanded to increase the medicine prices to compensate for the rise in inflation, especially since the new government has taken charge.
The PPMA President added that the government had promised to remove sales tax on medicine raw materials in the last negotiations. The rates should be increased by June 30, or there will be a medicine shortage in the country, he added.
A medicine shortage could be fatal for people with different diseases. Recently, a similar situation occurred in Sri Lanks when the economic turmoil caused a shortage of medicine.
Reuters reported that the shortage could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs.


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In some very unexpected news, LEGO has teased on social media they will be releasing LEGO Super Mario in the near future. In the video, it shows Mario in a weird minifigure form with a screen on his chest. Now that LEGO has the Nintendo license, maybe we can finally see some other franchises that fans have been waiting for like The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon. Stay tuned for more LEGO Super Mario news as it happens.
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Bitcoin is an open-source, peer-to-peer currency with no central authority. Bitcoin offers the promise of lower transaction fees than traditional online payment mechanisms and is operated by a decentralized authority, unlike government issued currencies.
Bitcoin has experienced a surge in both popularity and value since it was created in 2009 by an anonymous programmer (or group of programmers). The total Bitcoin market cap has increased from $1.37 billion to as high as $29.36 billion as of Dec 2013, and the Bitcoin currency’s value has risen from about $2 per Bitcoin to more than $750/Bitcoin! Some people believe that Bitcoin is currently undergoing unsustainable growth due to fractional reserve banking practices used for traditional currency , but others argue that Bitcoin is a good store of value that will be much more useful in the future. Bitcoin detractors argue Bitcoin is not backed by anything , and its value comes from simple speculation.For more information visit Brexit Millionaire
Bitcoin has been used as a vehicle to evade economic sanctions such as those placed on Russia for their actions in Crimea, and Bitcoin has been used by some people living under oppressive regimes to purchase items online or send money to friends and family outside the country . Bitcoin’s relative anonymity also makes it feasible for anyone wanting a digital currency transaction without government scrutiny . However, Bitcoin does raise serious concerns about illegal activity because of its ease at which large sums of money can be transferred anonymously with little possibility of recovery if stolen or hacked.
The primary goal of this article is to help the reader understand Bitcoin and Bitcoin trading. We will briefly touch on Bitcoin mining , Bitcoin wallets, and Bitcoin exchanges, but this article is not meant to be a comprehensive guide for Bitcoin.
If you decide you want to invest in Bitcoin or other digital currencies, read further. I will explain how Bitcoins are bought and sold online; we will go over Bitcoin wallets and exchanges; and we will finish up with some short anecdotes about real people who have successfully invested in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is all the rage right now, and recently Bitcoin has been making headlines as more and more retailers (and even some real estate brokers ) are starting to accept Bitcoin. This article will get you up to speed on Bitcoin if you already don’t know about it or help you decide if this is something that might be of interest to you.
Remember: Bitcoin is a very volatile market and investing in it carries some risk. Investing in Bitcoin can yield great returns, but lack of liquidity may make its value hard to realize quickly and the digital nature of Bitcoin makes it harder for investors to protect their investments against certain events such as cyber-attacks. Bitcoin may be the future of currency, but Bitcoin is still in its infancy and it’s subject to many changes. Bitcoin may also go “underground” due to governments attempts at regulation or even attempts at banning Bitcoin altogether (especially if Bitcoin gains widespread use among criminals).
Before we begin with Bitcoin, let me make one important distinction: there are two types of Bitcoin wallets – a hot wallet, which is connected to the Internet, and a cold storage wallet, which is disconnected from the Internet. This article will focus on transactions involving Bitcoin exchanges – for transactions made directly between 2 parties, crypto currencies such as Bitcoin have been increasingly popular due to their relatively low transaction costs. However, an individual or business that wishes to convert Bitcoin into fiat currency (such as the US dollar) will have to go through an exchange. Bitcoin can be bought and sold at various Bitcoin exchanges, which will be the focus of this article.
Bitcoin wallets are used for storing Bitcoin until it is spent or exchanged for another currency (usually fiat). There are three main types of Bitcoin wallets: software wallets stored on your computer, online wallets stored on someone else’s computer but still accessible over the Internet, and offline wallets stored on some physical media that isn’t ever connected to the Internet. To spend Bitcoin, you often need to import your private key into a digital wallet (although certain websites like Blockchain.info allow you to store your Bitcoins online in what is called a brain wallet ).
If there is no middle man, who verifies the Bitcoin transaction? The Bitcoin network does. Bitcoin miners create a block after a certain amount of time that includes all of the transactions from that time period. They then “hash” it, turning it into a string of letters and numbers called a hash-rate . That hash-rate is stored in the Bitcoin blockchain (more on this later), which acts as proof of the transaction because if you tried to falsify a Bitcoin transaction by modifying any unit in the original block, that same amount would show up as changed when hashed.


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Something BIG, and blue
AMD has released a new teaser video on YouTube. The video is titled "Something BIG is coming (short)". Thankfully, the brief video is quite revealing, offering up some close details of a new graphics card in blue livery. From the images in the video we can be certain that what AMD is teasing is a new professional graphics card, or two.
Some more info can be gleaned from the email AMD sent out to announce this event. Within the email there is a URL, as VideoCardz unearthed, specifically mentioning two new GPUs; the AMD Radeon Pro W6800 and W6600.
These new graphics cards are going to be built around AMD's Navi 21 GPU (something BIG), and in the video you get to see some pleasing angles of one of these powerful content creator targeting components. For example, it is easy to recognise that the new graphics card in the teaser video sports six Mini DP ports on its backplate.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) reaches further
Back at the AMD Computex event earlier in the week it was pleasing to finally get a decent amount of detail about AMD's FSR – an open, cross-platform solution which is being characterised as the red team's answer to DLSS.
One of the many attractions of FSR is that AMD has not sought to restrict its use by gamers with older GPUs or even other architectures. One gets the feeling that if it works it works, no arbitrary block is present.
With the above in mind, some were surprised to hear that the technology supported Radeon GPUs as far back as the RX 500 series. What about the RX 400 series – based upon essentially the same Polaris GPUs? Thankfully, an AMD Reddit Community Team member has stepped up to inform AMD fans that FSR support will "include Radeon RX 470 and RX 480".
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The Big cut of Meta’s staffs
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is planning to cut 10,000 jobs in a second wave of mass redundancies, citing a slowdown in revenue, higher interest rates, global instability, and increased regulation as contributing factors. The move follows the layoff of 11,000 employees in November 2022. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the cuts part of a "year of efficiency" and acknowledged that they would be "tough." The job cuts will impact various departments, with the recruitment team being the first to receive notifications, and employees affected by the restructuring will receive redundancy payments.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is planning to cut 10,000 jobs in a second wave of mass redundancies. The announcement follows the layoff of 11,000 employees in November 2022. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the cuts part of a “year of efficiency” and acknowledged that they would be “tough.” Additionally, the company will not fill 5,000 vacancies. Mr Zuckerberg cited a slowdown in revenue and various factors affecting Meta, such as higher interest rates in the US, global instability, and increased regulation. While the company still made over $23bn in profit in 2022, earnings were down 4% year-on-year for the three months to December 2022.
Mark Zuckerberg cited higher interest rates, geopolitical instability, and increased regulation as contributing factors to the slowdown. The move follows similar cost-cutting measures by tech companies like Amazon and Google’s parent company Alphabet, which have cut thousands of jobs this year. According to layoffs.fyi, more than 128,000 tech industry jobs have been cut in 2023.
Meta CEO said that the company’s recruitment team will be the first to learn whether they will be affected by the 10,000 job cuts announced earlier this week, with notifications expected on Wednesday. He also outlined the timeline for notifying other teams, with tech groups to be informed in late April, business groups in late May, and some changes expected to continue through the end of the year. The job cuts come as many tech companies, including Google and Amazon, have been forced to balance cost-cutting measures with the need to remain competitive due to the current economic climate. According to layoffs.fyi, which tracks job losses in the tech sector, there have been over 128,000 job cuts in the tech industry so far in 2023. As many of these companies rely on advertising revenue, the falling ad revenues and reduced spending power of users have created a challenging economic environment.
Meta, the social media giant, has its European headquarters in Dublin and employs around 3,000 people directly, with many more contractors in Ireland, according to local reports. In the UK, Meta employed more than 5,000 people as of December 2021, as reported by Companies House. However, the company has not yet revealed how many redundancies it will make in either country. Kevin Poulter, an employment lawyer at Freeths, emphasized the importance of Meta following UK laws on redundancies. He warned that the tech job market’s confidence and the ability to move easily between established and start-up companies have been undermined following the recent round of lay-offs by Meta and Twitter. This could cause other tech firms to follow suit.
Meta’s statement on the lay-offs was markedly different from Elon Musk’s defence of Twitter’s lay-offs the week before. While Musk claimed Twitter had no choice due to its significant financial losses, Mark Zuckerberg took responsibility and expressed regret. This was an unusual move for Zuckerberg, who is known for his focus on work rather than interpersonal relations. With his former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, no longer by his side, Zuckerberg is staking his company’s future on the creation of the metaverse, a virtual world in which he believes people will spend their work and leisure time. The success of this project could take five to ten years, but if Zuckerberg is correct, Meta will emerge as a leader in the new era of the internet.
The move comes after the company’s significant slowdown in revenue in 2022, resulting from higher interest rates, global geopolitical instability, and increased regulation. The job cuts will impact various departments, with the recruitment team being the first to receive notifications. Employees affected by the restructuring will receive redundancy payments and have the opportunity to ask questions. Meta aims to focus on high-priority growth areas such as artificial intelligence, advertising, and the metaverse, but will also reduce costs by decreasing spending on buildings and increasing desk-sharing. The tech industry has faced challenges due to a slowing global economy, inflation, and the end of pandemic-driven growth, with companies like Stripe, Lyft, and Amazon also announcing large-scale layoffs.


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Offworld Industries has announced the launch of Modding 2.0, the next generation of tools built to enhance the way modders share their work with the Squad community. The team has also revealed the Canadian Armed Forces, a faction that originally started as a mod, as the first official free DLC coming soon to Squad.
As the press release reads, Canadian Armed Forces mark Offworld’s first step towards including community created content into Squad’s base game. This free expansion adds additional weapons, vehicles, and more, giving one of the world’s most well known armies some well-deserved spotlight. Additionally, the update includes two Canadian maps, Quebec and Nanisivik, featuring snowy environments built for intense combined-arms combat.
Showcasing what Squad’s new modding SDK can do is Space Crew – a total conversion mod inspired by classic sci-fi thrillers. Players take the role of a Survivor who must work carefully with their team to solve puzzles and survive. Make a wrong move, and they’ll become prey to a menacing creature known only as the Raptor.
Dustin Ross, Director of Customer Experience at Offworld Industries, said:
“We knew the moment we saw Canadian Armed Forces that it was going to be something special. It was only natural for us to reach out and give them the support they needed to continue creating quality work. Offworld Industries lives and dies by our community so we want to ensure they have the tools they need to succeed. With the launch of Modding 2.0, we’re positive Canadian Armed Forces will be the first of many great community projects we will incorporate into Squad.”
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”


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The government's Childhood Obesity Plan has been met with widespread anger from numerous health organisations. This was not least because it delivered “absolutely nothing” to regulate food advertising, something Jamie Oliver had called for.
The government’s Childhood Obesity Plan has been met with widespread anger from numerous health organisations. This was not least because it delivered “absolutely nothing” to regulate food advertising, something Jamie Oliver had called for.
A recent consultation recommended an extension of industry regulation in some areas of marketing activity to children, but TV advertising lay outside its remit. Should the government have taken the opportunity to address TV advertising by more direct intervention?
Of the many commercial communications children are exposed to, pre-9pm family TV programming (think Britain’s Got Talent or The X Factor) provides an easier target for legislation. Marketing communications, for better or worse, influence what we eat. Their effects depend, however, on whether their message really gets through to consumers in a media saturated society.
Organisations understand that even the best advertising plans are beset by “noise”. That is, we are surrounded by message clutter – and often messages conflict or compete. It is hard to get your message to stand out, to create buzz and prompt the audience into acting on it. All the more so where healthy messages are outspent by less healthy messages.
The national Change for Life marketing campaign deals with diet and is backed by Public Health England to the tune of around £9m annually. A sum making it hard for their healthy eating message to compete with alternative commercial messages that can pay around £150,000 for a 30-second slot in prime time.
But ad campaigns that are properly thought through, integrated and well supported can lift sales of healthier foods. Aldi has done just that through its sponsorship of Team GB, linked to television, in-store, digital, school and press activity around the theme of “home-grown heroes”. Much of the campaign had a fruity (and vegetable) theme and, according to a report in The Grocer – unfortunately behind a paywall – Aldi boosted its produce sales by 20%. It is a noteworthy, if discrete, instance of a healthier message breaking through – and a chink of light, perhaps, given declining fruit and veg sales despite consistent long-standing delivery of the five-a-day message.
Consumer researchers recognise the cultural role of adverts. Children are active users of advertising, reproducing their messages even in everyday play. So adverts play a role in forming our understanding of the world. And that often means understanding “bad” food as a reward, an indulgence or naughty but deserved pleasure.
There is no better arena than prime time family TV for resource-rich corporations to promote an insidious message that “bad” food is “good” when it is a treat, or part of a balanced diet, a deserved indulgence, fun. These are generalised associations, with the less helpful aspects of our diet linked to an indulgent time period in the family week. Breaking this link would represent a modest step towards cultural change.
Meanwhile, the food industry has reacted in divergent ways to the childhood obesity plan. Sainsbury’s has been particularly vocal among retailers to regret its lack of legal teeth, particularly with respect to promotions and advertising – it wants more regulation to provide a level playing field. Soft drink companies are among those who feel unduly singled out. So, within a divided industry, what might additional TV regulation do?
First, we should not underestimate the voluntary steps taken towards a healthier future among food and drink manufacturers and retailers. These steps include “guiltless” checkout aisles in supermarkets – which don’t push sweets at children and their mothers. But there has also been widespread reformulation of products to remove sugar, alteration of key product ranges and additional food labelling.
Such steps are often achieved quietly and have been guardedly welcomed by health campaigners – mixed with a degree of scepticism. True, companies are acting in their own commercial interests. But in positioning themselves for commercial success in a possibly more healthy future society, industry players are important in bringing that future into being.
So, there are causes for optimism but – again – these need to punch through competition and message noise. The childhood obesity plan provided an opportunity to prevent organisations across the board from “doing the wrong thing”. An extension of the advertising ban until 9pm would have been a limited and well-defined step in clearing the path towards changing our culture’s relationship with food. It would also have forced the industry to focus on its better foods and wean itself off the bad habit of pushing junk food to children.


text: This is the one everyone’s been waiting on with bated breath. The Cupertino, Calif., tech juggernaut is expected to unveil the iWatch on September 9th, along with the iPhone 6. Apple’s first wearable gadget could get a slew of features that set it apart, including a sapphire glass face or even flexible glass, swappable bands and faces, the ability to get beamed iPhone messages, simplified apps, and Siri to our wrists, which might negate the need to pull out your phone most of the time. A whole suite of fitness apps and health monitoring is also rumored to be in the iWatch’s wheelhouse, so it’ll be more than just about wasting time playing with your new e-toy. Prices could hit $300 and possibly even $400 for a premium version of the iWatch. Ultimately, though, all of the real details will only become known on September 9th. Don’t look for it in stores until early 2015, though -- at least, that’s what we hear.


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Maui County condo prices rise 25 percent despite declining sales
The median price of a condominium soared 25 percent in Maui County in May, despite a decline in sales, according to figures released Friday by the Realtors Association of Maul.
The median price of a condo last month was $476,000, compared to $380,000 in May 2013, the association said. The number of sales declined 16 percent to 116 units sold, from 139 in May 2013, the association said.
The median price for a single-family home declined by 1.7 percent to $540,000 from $549,000. The number of sales fell 22 percent to 85 homes sold, from 109 sold in May 2013.
Bill Cresenzo covers residential real estate, retail and restaurants for Pacific Business News.
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The chief executive of Alphabet’s Google and the European Union’s antitrust chief will meet on Friday, following the U.S. technology group’s formal rejection this month of a spate of charges, including blocking rivals in online search advertising.
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai will meet in Brussels with EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager and Guenther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, as the final stop in a short tour of the continent, spokespeople for Google and the EU confirmed.
Last week, Google General Counsel Kent Walker argued that the company’s Android operating system helps competition, rebutting charges that the firm uses the platform to crush rivals. The Mountain View, Calif., company also rejected charges that it unfairly promoted its shopping service and blocked rivals in online search advertising.
EU regulators are expected to rule next year on those issues, potentially ordering Google to change its business practices and levying huge fines. The case has hung over Google since the European Commission opened its investigation six years ago, following complaints from Microsoft (MSFT) and other rivals.
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Pichai last met with Vestager and Oettinger in February, shortly after he was named chief executive of Google.
During a visit to London earlier this week, Pichai announced an expansion of Google’s presence in the city, saying he was optimistic about Britain’s future as a tech hub, despite the uncertainty caused by the nation’s vote to leave the European Union in June.


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With the Loyola Ramblers in the Elite Eight, one of Chicago’s biggest tourist attractions is helping fans to celebrate in a unique way.
The iconic Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier will light up in the team’s colors on Friday and Saturday, with the Ramblers’ logo projected into the middle of the wheel, according to a press release.
In addition to the change in color, Navy Pier will also offer discounted rates for the ride, charging patrons just $8 in honor of the team’s Elite Eight appearance. That is a 50 percent discount from the usual $16 that adults have to pay, and the tickets will be available on Navy Pier’s website using the promo code “Ramblers.”
Visitors to Navy Pier will have to hurry to take advantage of the discount and the color scheme, as the wheel will only be lit up in Loyola colors from Friday to Saturday.


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Sony’s future flagship will come with an all-new design confirmed by one of Sony’s Executive.
Sony Xperia flagship devices, midrangers and even low-end devices have all looked the same, for several years now – since 2013 to be precise. That’s a long time. Though, it’s true that Sony has made a lot of enhancements to the hardware and improved the overall design by a lot, that doesn’t mean that it’s not boring and unimpressive.
In 2017, the trend is bezel-less display with minimal top/bottom bezels and nearly no side bezels. Sony has not delivered that yet. Though their midrangers have a very tiny side bezels, they still have a huge chin on the top and on the bottom. You could argue that it’s for the front facing stereo speakers, but we certainly believe that it is possible to make it at least half the size while packing all of the goodies inside the devices.
The same design also didn’t help much Sony to increase its sales, what helped is the new strategy and the focus on reliability and fast software updates – which is what power users very much prefer.
According to Managing Director of Sony India – Kenichiro Hibi has stated this:
New , future Sony devices: you can expect a completely new design from the devices
What this perhaps means is that Sony will finally re-design their Xperia lineup and have the new trendy but still Sony uniqueness.
Hibi also mentioned that Sony is doubling down on high end and midrange devices. That’s why we have seen a higher-end midranger – the Xperia XA1 Plus. According to him, even the XZ1 is not a true flagship, that honor would rather go to the XZ Premium. Weird strategy, but it seems to work out very well.
We personally are happy to see Sony get back into the smartphone game.
Here is a concept that we thought you might be interested in seeing.
What are your thoughts about the statement made by the Sony Director? Are you looking forward to see the new changes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below.


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Published On: June 8, 2019 08:16 AM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal
KATHMANDU, June 7: Nepal Flour Mills Association (NFMA) has criticized the government’s decision to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on refined wheat flour.
The association has argued that the VAT charged on one of the basic food products shall hike its price by about Rs 5-6 per kg. It also feared that a higher price in the domestic market may trigger smuggling of cheaper flour from India through the porous border.
Issuing a press release on Friday, NFMA has asked the government to withdraw the decision to levy VAT on flour.
The imposition of VAT may come as a factor for the collapse of at least 38 refined wheat flour factories of the country, the association said, adding that the taxation policy was against the government’s overarching policy of being self-sustenance on agro products. The country is almost self-dependent on flour production owing to continuous good harvest of wheat.
“It could lead to a number of production facilities shutting down, and encourage import over local production. This will consequently lead Nepal to be entirely import dependant on agro products,” stated the press release.
The self-dependence that the domestic flour industry currently enjoys is largely due to the government’s protectionist policies in the past. When the refined flour industry was weaker, it enjoyed VAT exemption.
Nepali entrepreneurs fear that Indian flour, which enjoys exemption from Goods and Services Tax (GST), may challenge domestic flour industry due to their comparative advantage. The ones actually benefitting from the imposition of VAT are the firms along the Indian border whose target market is Nepal, according to them.
Wheat is the third major crop produced in Nepal, and the Agriculture Research Center has been researching and enforcing the production of grains with higher productivity. As levying VAT is likely to shrink the flour market, farmers won’t get an appropriate price for their produce, which could even endanger the investment of the Research Center, according to NFMA.
In the absence of demand, farmers could skip cultivation of the cash-crop, causing lands to go barren, ultimately leading to a greater problem in the agricultural industry of the country, the association added.
“Mustard production in the country is depleting due to a similar step taken by the government. Similar could be the case with wheat,” the association warned.
While the flour producers were not entirely against the idea of VAT, they complained the amount levied arbitrary for an agro-based industry was not appropriate. NFMA instead suggested the government to modify the current VAT structure.
The association also objected to the idea of issuing Permanent Account Number (PAN) to temporary and wage labors, calling it an impractical and impossible measure.
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It would be the company's second $1 billion fundraise this year (it raised $1.15 billion in March) and would bring its total valuation to $15 billion.
Gopuff had not responded to a request for comment as of publication time.
The Philadelphia-based company delivers more than 3,000 everyday products, including groceries, cleaning products and pet supplies, from its network of fulfillment centers across the country. On Tuesday, it unveiled a new Gopuff Kitchen program that will allow customers to add made-to-order food like pizza, chicken tenders and salads to their digital shopping carts. That makes it a formidable foe for delivery companies like DoorDash and Uber Eats, as well as a competitor for restaurants' off-premise business.
The March funding round cemented the company as a leader in last-mile delivery, and fueled rumors that it plans to go public. Reuters, citing a source close to the matter, reported at the time that Gopuff had started talking to financial advisers and banks and was deciding between a traditional initial public offering or a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.


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The House Thursday approved a $15 billion bill aimed at stimulating private-sector job creation, a day before what is expected to be another tough employment picture when official figures are released Friday.
The House vote was 217-201, with few Republicans joining the Democratic majority in supporting the bill.
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The cryptocurrency markets continue to recover, with bitcoin prices trading above the US$6,500 levels ever since dropping to the recent low of US$5,971.05 on Aug 14.
The year’s low for bitcoin was US$5,826.41, according to CoinMarketCap data. Market sentiment remain cautious, with investors wondering if this is just a short-term recovery or even another pump-and-dump.
Analysts see key resistance still at the US$6,500 levels but believe that there is still buying momentum.
One analyst says there is a high chance of a rejection at US$6,800, which could see bitcoin prices falling back to the US$6,400 levels.
He suggests for those taking positions to shed 50% of their holdings at US$6,800 and buy back if fall to US$6,400, otherwise add 50% and ride the momentum to US$7,200.
His personal target for bitcoin is for prices to hit US$7,135. “If looking at this level then investors should close position at US$7,050,” he says.
He adds that those looking at altcoins should accumulate now while prices are still cheap as September is when momentum will pick up.
He says the targets for bitcoin and altcoins are dependent on the cryptocurrency’s prices hitting US$8,700 in the next 10 to 14 days. He is targeting OMG to hit US$12 and NEO to hit US$60 by the end of September. OMG is trading at US$4 and NEO at US$19 levels currently.
Bitcoin prices are up 2.79% over the 24-hour period to US$6,569.55, Ethereum rose 7.17% to US$316.14, XRP jumped 20.72% to 35.83 US cents, bitcoin cash was up 12.60% to US$595 and EOS was 17.72% higher at US$5.50.